Zupponn wrote:I have serious doubts that China ever really had too close of relations with the USSR because their militaries fought numerous times during the cold war. The only reason they ever agreed on anything was because they were both communist states, but the desire of both of them to be the communist leader led to confrontation and eventually the 1960 split.

There's no real evidence to support the theory that Russia and China were ever at war. However this could be because both governments had everything under wraps.

mgb519 wrote:Fact: china and Russia did not like each other. Deal with it.

Yes, but the "secret war" was never proven to exist.

Wikipedia wrote:1944-1949: Red Army troops and Republic of China troops clash in Xinjiang over Soviet support for the Second East Turkestan Republic. A Chinese muslim unit loyal to the Chinese government, the 14th Tungan Cavalry regiment fights against Soviet forces on the Mongolian border.

Wikipedia wrote:1969: A longstanding ideological feud between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China] erupts into several occasions of inconclusive armed conflicts.